cold wave

cold wave (countable and uncountable, plural cold waves)

A short period of very cold weather.
Synonyms: cold snap, cold spell

Antonym: heatwave
A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.
(uncountable, music) Alternative spelling of coldwave (“European post-punk music sub-genre”).
- 2009 July 13, Louis Pattison, “Scene and heard: Cold wave”, in The Guardian‎:
  Not so much forgotten as little heard in the first place, cold wave – and its dancier, synth-powered cousin, minimal wave – finds its roots in early 80s France.

a short period with a considerable fall in temperature — see also cold snap

Arabic: مَوْجَةُ اْلبَرْدِ (mawjatu ālbardi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寒流 (zh) (hánliú)
Dutch: koudegolf m
Finnish: kylmäaalto
French: vague de froid (fr)
Georgian: ტემპერატურის ვარდნა (ṭemṗeraṭuris vardna), უეცარი აციება (uecari acieba)
German: Kältewelle (de) f
Hungarian: hideghullám (hu)
Icelandic: kuldabylgja (is) f
Japanese: 寒波 (ja) (かんぱ, kanpa)
Spanish: ola de frío
Swedish: köldvåg (sv) c
Turkish: soğuk dalgası (tr), soğuk hava dalgası
Vietnamese: sóng lạnh

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